NSW Container Deposit Scheme To Keep Baulkham Hills Beautiful

The NSW Government will introduce a refund container deposit scheme (CDS) that will drive down litter across Baulkham Hills.

Baulkham Hills State Liberal MP David Elliott, who has lobbied extensively for a CDS since his election to Parliament in 2011, said residents would be able to return their drink containers for a 10 cent refund, as part of the government container deposit scheme to tackle litter.

The scheme will commence from July 2017 and apply to eligible drink containers between 150ml and three litres, which will display NSW CDS labelling.

“Litter is a growing, costly and ugly burden on our community and we have a responsibility to do something about it,” Mr Elliott said.

“This scheme is the single largest initiative ever undertaken to reduce litter in NSW.

“Giving people a financial incentive to do the right thing and recycle drink containers will help to tackle the estimated 160 million drink containers littered across NSW every year and improve our neighbourhoods for everyone to enjoy.”

Mr Elliott said a container deposit scheme targeting drink containers will deliver on a key election commitment and make a major contribution to achieving one of the Premier’s 12 priorities – to reduce the volume of litter by 40 per cent by 2020.

“We’re moving ahead with this container deposit scheme to make it easier for our community to recycle so that we can get bottles and cans out of our roads, parks and waterways and preserve our local environment,” Mr Elliott said.